The woman who accused Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston of rape finally released a statement. In the statement she alleges that Winston not only raped her but the police wouldn’t move forward with the case including interviewing a witness and taking a DNA sample. Well the latter was finally done and the results didn’t bode well for Winston.
via ESPN
A DNA analysis completed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Tuesday confirmed that DNA provided by Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston matched the sample taken from the underwear of the woman who has accused him of sexual battery.
Police obtained a sexual assault kit on Dec. 7, 2012, when the accuser reported the alleged incident had occurred at an off-campus apartment. Winston’s DNA was recently obtained through a buccal swab he provided to authorities investigating the case.
While the DNA match does not prove that the sexual assault occurred, it does prove that something happened between Winston and the victim. Winston has not yet spoken with the Tallahassee police or the state attorney prosecuting the case but I’m assuming that will happen in the near future. When it does it’ll be interesting to hear what he has to say. It’s important to withhold judgement until we hear both sides of the story.
“I’m not stupid,” William Meggs, the state attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit said. “It is a young man whose life is in a fish bowl right now. I think about that. There’s also a young girl whose life has been turned upside down, and her life will never be the same, either. We look at it and say, ‘Which one of those is most important?’ Both. It is a search for the truth, and the truth is kind of elusive sometimes.”
